Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Sat, Dec 31, 2016 · TD Garden · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at TD Garden. Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	27
BOS	1	2	0	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:28	BOS	EV	Frank Vatrano (2) · wrist	Zdeno Chara (7)	0–1
2nd	07:04	BOS	PP	Patrice Bergeron (7) · slap	Ryan Spooner (12), Brad Marchand (21)	0–2
2nd	09:29	BOS	EV	Tim Schaller (5) · backhand	Torey Krug (20), Austin Czarnik (6)	0–3
2nd	19:38	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (11) · deflected	Jack Eichel (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (22)	1–3

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:23	BUF	Cody Franson	hooking	2
1st	10:47	BOS	Brad Marchand	slashing	2
1st	11:40	BOS	Tim Schaller	hooking	2
2nd	05:06	BUF	Jack Eichel	slashing	2
2nd	10:55	BUF	Evander Kane	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	10:55	BUF	Evander Kane	misconduct	10
2nd	10:55	BOS	Kevan Miller	roughing	2
2nd	13:02	BOS	Dominic Moore	tripping	2
3rd	04:55	BOS	Austin Czarnik	interference	2
3rd	09:17	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	holding	2

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 3.31 · BOS 2.23 · xG% BUF 59.7

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	1		28:56	32
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	61.5	21:44	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	42.9	20:36	24
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		25:29	31
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		23:54	29
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0	54.5	21:02	21
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	75.0	18:44	22
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		18:37	24
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	12	5	3	0		17:29	21
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	3		16:32	22
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	0		16:18	24
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	37.5	13:49	21
56	Justin Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:56	18
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		11:13	13
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		10:37	13
27	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	100.0	9:22	14
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3:06	5
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25.0	2:43	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	28	25	3	.893	58:52

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	5	5		24:56	25
47	Torey Krug	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		19:50	25
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1		19:19	23
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	62.5	19:08	23
51	Ryan Spooner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:12	20
72	Frank Vatrano	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		14:29	18
27	Austin Czarnik	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	25.0	14:19	18
59	Tim Schaller	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1		13:54	18
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		19:33	23
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	41.7	18:37	22
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		18:23	24
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100.0	17:51	21
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		15:53	18
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	4		15:11	21
11	Jimmy Hayes	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:05	14
28	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	25.0	11:21	18
20	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	33.3	10:21	16
81	Anton Blidh	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		9:55	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Tuukka Rask	W	27	26	1	.963	59:43